Successful Valentines Day

Well friends the day that most everyone hates has come and almost gone- and you know what I had a great day! Honestly I wasn't expecting it to be bad because to me it's just like every other day-except today people tend to show their love more publicly. In my mind I don't think there needs to be a day that publicly celebrates love because every day we should show love. Like the cliche verse 1st Corinthians 13:4-7

⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 

 I know it seems to be over used but I really do truly enjoy reading this verse. It tells us how to love perfectly- Jesus was our example in the world He was the flesh version of loving perfectly but this letter to the Corinthians tells exactly what love is. If we are to love each other as we love ourselves then I think it's awesome God has given us a book that specifically tells us what love is. The ultimate love was Jesus Christ dying for our sins but Paul's letter to the Corinthians tells us exactly how we can love and love perfectly.

Tonight I got to spend my Valentine's Day with my beautiful and wonderful Young Life friends and as we sat in Chick-fil-a and talked and laughed about life, boys, and high school we also talked about love. We read my favorite verse 1st John 4:19- "We love because He first loved us" and then we read the verses from 1st Corinthians. It's interesting to read this verse out-loud multiple times because the more you read it the more you can't help but want to love perfectly like it describes. We talked about how we can pray for each other and where in our lives we can work on loving others better. So, that is my challenge for you read this verse over and over and reflect where you can love better, because if we are to love perfectly we must always persevere and never be content with where we are. We can always love better.

Speaking of showing love- although I did not have a Valentine (besides my wonderful girl's dinner date) I did have a wonderful daddy that sent me a Valentines card and in that card was this little gem of a note....

 

Yes...yes i did get a ticket and yes...yes I do have the best daddy ever. I'm so thankful that my Heavenly Father has blessed me with such a wonderful Godly earthly father. I hope I can find a loving, caring, giving, Godly man like my dad.

Anyways with all that said.... every day should be Valentine's day because we should love and love perfectly every day.

 With all my love-  Cam